“He gives kids in the community a creative outlet they might not get,” said Crystal Pendleton Shahid, market president of Truist Bank in Columbus. “That is a gift.”
Caption The Plant Vogtle nuclear plant expansion is one of the focal points of the Public Service Commission District 4 runoff, pitting veteran Republican Commissioner Lauren Bubba McDonald against Democrat Daniel Blackman. Credit: John McCosh/Georgia Recorder
Georgia Power’s overdue and over-budget Plant Vogtle nuclear plant expansion served as a handy punching bag for the challenger in a Tuesday debate as he took on a veteran of utility regulation ahead of the state’s Jan. 5 runoff election.
Georgia’s twin U.S. Senate contests are consuming most of the country’s political attention now that the presidential contest is finally decided in favor of President-elect Joe Biden.